Oil! (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Sinclair, Upton

 
9780143137443: Oil! (Penguin Classics)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0143137441 ISBN 13: 9780143137443
Verlag: Penguin Classics, 2024

Inhaltsangabe

'A classic tale of greed and corruption' Erich Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation

Upton Sinclair's searing, prophetic indictment of fossil fuels, and the inspiration for the film There Will Be Blood

Based on the oil scandals of the Harding administration, Upton Sinclair's novel Oil! burst into the literary limelight amid soaring petroleum profits and gaping inequalities in 1927. Whether telling the story of the land, the ordinary civilian, or the heirs to oil fortune, Sinclair skilfully paints a vivid picture of the effects of corporate corruption, greed and how the so called 'American Century' was born.

By turns a gripping family saga and anti-capitalist warning, Oil! ranks among the most important critiques of fossil energy ever written. An exhilarating novel, which anticipated how fossil fuels would shape the dilemmas of our present, Oil! looks toward a greener, more inclusive, and altogether more livable world yet to come.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Upton Sinclair (1878-1968) was an American writer, muckraker, political activist and the 1934 Democratic Party nominee for governor of California. He wrote nearly 100 books including influential works such as The Jungle (1905), King Coal (1915) and Oil! (1927).

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Verlag
Penguin Classics
Erscheinungsdatum
2024
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0143137441
ISBN 13 
9780143137443
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Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
608
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